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Missing child dies after being found inside car

Kentucky State Police are investigating after a 2-year-old died after she was found in a closed vehicle. Law enforcement and emergency personnel were called to Leona Wyatt Road off of west Ky. 312 to search for the child, identified as Aubrey Rose, at approximately 2:15 p.m....

Victim identified from Wednesday evening fatal motorcycle crash

Authorities have identified the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred Wednesday evening in Corbin. The Whitley County Coroner’s Office pronounced Donald Miles, 53, of Corbin, dead at the scene. The crash happened about 8:30 p.m. when a motorcycle went off the...
Posted On 01 Aug 2019

Third-Annual Kayaking for Kids race set for Saturday

Whitley County’s upcoming Third Annual Kayaking for Kids race is looking to increase its participation rate by almost 10-fold compared to the turnout for the inaugural event in 2017 in addition to raising way more money, which will go to help local youth basketball programs and...
Posted On 01 Aug 2019

Update: Victim in fatal tractor accident laid to rest

Officials aren’t sure what caused a Williamsburg man to fall off a tractor and to his death late Thursday evening, but he is believed to have died instantly, said Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley. The Whitley County Coroner’s Office pronounced Tony Lynn Adkins, 60, dead at the...
Posted On 01 Aug 2019

Tractor-trailer wreck shuts down I-75 north Sunday night

Northbound Interstate 75 near Corbin was shut down for more than six hours Sunday night and into Monday morning after a truckload of particle board was spilled onto the highway. Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement was called to the scene at the...

Baptist Health Corbin, Lexington and Richmond earn national recognition for promoting organ, eye and tissue donation

Baptist Health Corbin, Lexington and Richmond have earned platinum level recognition for their efforts to increase organ, eye, and tissue donor registrations across the state, through the Workplace Partnership for Life (WPFL) Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. The WPFL is a...
Posted On 01 Aug 2019
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